The Role of Antibiotic Stewardship and Telemedicine in the Management of Multidrug Resistant Infections

The Role of Antibiotic Stewardship and Telemedicine in the Management of Multidrug Resistant Infections

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Recorded On: 04/26/2023


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Description: 

This session was part of the Sepsis Alliance AMR Conference 2023.

Antimicrobial stewardship is an important strategy to address the public health crisis of antimicrobial resistance.  The emergence of telemedicine's use in a variety of innovative ways, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, has allowed for antimicrobial stewardship programs to be implemented in settings with limited resources. In this session, the presenter will discuss the role of antimicrobial stewardship and its impact on antimicrobial resistance. Additionally, the presenter will provide a better understanding of telemedicine’s impact on antimicrobial usage.

Learning Objectives: 

At the end of the session, the learner should be able to:

  • Describe the role of antimicrobial stewardship on the impact of AMR;
  • Understand the role of telemedicine on antimicrobial usage.

Target Audience: 

Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.

Thomas M. File, Jr., MD, MSc, MACP, FIDSA, FCCP

Chair of the Infectious Disease Division and Co-Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship

Summa Health

Thomas File, MD, MSc, MACP, FIDSA, FCCP, is Chair of the Infectious Disease Division and Co-Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio. He is also a professor of Internal Medicine, Master Teacher, and Chair of the Infectious Disease Section at Northeast Ohio Medical University. After graduating from medical school at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Dr. File received his Master of Science in medical microbiology from Ohio State University in Columbus, where he also completed his fellowship in infectious diseases.

Dr. File is a past President of the Board of Directors of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Past President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). He is a Master of the American College of Physicians, a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, and a member of the American Thoracic Society. He is also a past Chairperson of the Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee of the IDSA and served as a member of several guideline panels. Additionally, he is a past-president of the Infectious Disease Society of Ohio.

Dr. File’s primary research interests include respiratory tract infections, antimicrobial stewardship, immunizations in adults, and evaluation of new antimicrobial agents. A frequent lecturer, nationally and internationally, he has published more than 250 articles, abstracts, and textbook chapters, focusing on the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of infectious diseases, especially on respiratory tract infections and antimicrobial stewardship. He received the Watanakunakorn Clinician Award from the IDSA in 2013 and the John P Utz Leadership award from NFID in 2017. He authors sections on community-acquired pneumonia, acute bronchitis, and hospital-acquired pneumonia in UpToDate. Dr. File is currently Editor-in-Chief of Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.0 contact hours.

Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 0.75 contact hours.

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